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*Call for WICEN Volunteers Fitz's Challenge 28 October 2018*

Spring WICEN has erupted with two events scheduled for Sunday 28 October. For those who enjoy watching cyclists suffer many hours in the saddle, Fitz’s Challenge is a real treat. For those who prefer real saddles and horses, see another post about the Witwood event.

The Fitz Challenge is a long distance cycling event (total distance of up to 255km) were we provide safety monitoring checkpoints at various locations along the course. The course will be through Namadgi National Park and Paddys River Rd Tidbinbilla. The course is similar to previous years with checkpoints at

THARWA

Tharwa Village

10.00 AM

3.30 PM

RENDEZVOUS

Rendezvous Creek

8.30 AM

2.00 PM

ORRORAL

Orroral Valley U-turn

9.15 AM

1.00 PM

FITZ HILL

Fitz Hill, Pedal Power food/water stop

1.15 PM

as req

HONEYSUCKLE

Honeysuckle Creek U-turn

10.00 AM

2.30 PM

CORIN

Corin Forest recreation facility, RHS of road. CP is at the entrance to the car park.

11.30 AM

5.00 PM

KANGAROO CK

Kangaroo Creek U-turn

12.00 PM

4.30 PM

URIARRA

Near Uriarra Homestead, on Uriarra Rd just N of Brindabella Rd junction

2.00 PM

7.00 PM

WICEN may not need to provide operators at all checkpoints.

HQ at Stromlo cycle park will run two networks, one on 2m amateur band and one on an 80MHz WICEN allocation. We will need at least two operators on two shifts, total four.

This year we have moved to using google forms to collect & collate responses rather than relying on emailed responses – as such can I ask if you can check your calendars for your availability and complete the form at the following link, noting your preferences for times and places: https://goo.gl/forms/Kpm8btxmwRxh2wj42

On submission / successful completion of the form, you should get an email confirming the form has been submitted and a link to your response. If you do experience any issues with the form (or don’t get an email from google forms) then please let me know.

Further information about the Fitz Challenge is at http://www.fitzs.com.au/

Malcom Harrington

Malcomh1@bigpond.com

+61 (0)409 315153

VK1AAH

Secretary; Canberra Region

Amateur Radio Club

Upcoming Events:

VK1Fcall net, Every Tuesday Night VK1RBM 70cm Repeater 1930hrs Local

Digital Mode Net, every Tuesday night, alternating DMR (TG8 TS1) and DStar (VK1RWN G) 2000hrs Local

October

4-5 - ANU Inward Bound - WICEN is contributing comms planning expertise and loaning equipment.

28- 6 October - Enigma Reloaded Event19-21 JOTA

20 - International SOTA Event - VK JA ZL - EU S2S QSO Party - more info - http://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/vk-ja-zl-eu-s2s-20-oct-18/18140

24 - Club Meeting, RedHill Scout Hall 1930, for 2000 start. ANU's James Gilbert on “exoplanet detection with locally built spectrograph”

28 - Fitz Challenge clashes with

28 - Witwood carriage driving event

November

4 - VK1 SOTA 6m, 2m & 70cm VHF-UHF S2S Party

28 - Christmas BBQ